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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo JOHN SGHMADEL AND JOHN A. LIEB, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEDw ROLLER FOR TRUNKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, JOHN SOHMADEL and JOHN A. LIEB, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Roller for Trunks, &c. 5 and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part Of this specification, in whichv Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this invention when applied to the corner of a trunk. Fig. 2 is a plan or topview of the same, showing its application to the corner of a trunk in black outlines and its application as a mere bottom roller in red outlines. Fig. 3 is a transverse section Ot' the same.

Similar letters Ot reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention consists in mounting the roller On a flexible plate with lugs, which can be spreador sprung Open to admit the roller, if it is desirable, in such a manner that the roller can be either used as a plain bottom roller, or that itcan be applied to the corner by securing One end of the plate to the'bottom and turning its other end up over the edge and securing it tO the side of the trunk, as may be desirable.

A represents a plate made Ot' sheet metal, hub-iron, orother flexible material, and `provided with lugs a, which are either punched out and turned up in the desired position, or which may be cast solid with the plate if the same'is made of malleable iron or of other ilexible cast metal. rIhe roller B is either made solid with its gudgeons b, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, (and in that case the lugs have to be sprung apart in order to introduce the same,) or it may be mounted in theV ordinary manner on an axle passing clear through it and through the lugs. The former method, however, is preferable, since it allows of making the rollers with less labor and loss of time than the latter method, where the rollers have to be drilled clear through.

The plate A is provided with a series of countersunk holes, c, to admitscrews, by means of which it is secured to the trunk. It' the roller is to be used as a simple bottom roller, the plate is attached as shown in red outlines in Fig. 2; but it' the roller is to be used as a corner roller, the plate is secured to the cleat On the bottom of the trunk, and then turned up over the corner and secured to the side of the trunk. as shown in black outlines in Figs. l and 2. The plate is bent up during the Operation of securing it to the trunk. It can thus be applied in any desired position, and it can be accommodated to trunks of different size or having cleats Ot' different thickness. It' desired, it may also be applied in a reverse position from that shown in the drawings, so that the lugs and a portion Ot the roller is confined in a mortise made for that purpose in. the cleat Or bottom of the trunk.

The plate A can be made light, and a roller for trunks can thus be produced at a muchA smaller expense than the rollers now used, in which the rollers are mounted in corners made .of cast-iron.

We are aware that aroller-bracket fortrunks has before been made Of two rigid plates hinged with punched ears a a, and the roller B, with Y solid journals b b, the whole being constructed and employed in the manner and for the pur-` poses herein specified.

JOHN scHMADEL'. JOHN A. LIEE..

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, O. L. TOPLIFF. 

